Job Description

Create your best future as a Senior Release Manager!

What’s the role?

This Role is part of the Enterprise Release Management team and specialises in the management and implementation of the quarterly Enterprise Releases. The Role requires extensive planning to develop and manage the Scope for the quarterly Enterprise Releases’, working with multiple project teams, support teams and Partners, to deliver a successful Release in a timely manner. The Role also requires effective risk and issue management, including the identification of application inter-dependencies for projects in Scope, stakeholder communications, change control, implementation planning co-ordination and risk mitigation strategies for projects when required. This Role plays a key part in the Groups strategy to deliver multiple Projects to meet Customers, Stakeholder and Regulatory requirements.

The ERM Release Manager assists the Snr Release Managers and is accountable for ensuring the safe, controlled, and coordinated delivery of complex technology changes into production. This role oversees end‑to‑end release governance - from defining release scope and assessing risks, to managing schedules, dependencies, and readiness across multiple project teams. The Release Manager Facilitate weekly progress tracking meetings and leads Implementation forums, maintains clear reporting, and facilitates implementation task sequencing and executions to safeguard production stability.

Please note that some enterprise releases implement on weekend with release managers expected to work on those weekends to execute, monitor ad report on the Release status of the Releases.
Additional responsibilities include:

• Developing and Maintaining the Release Scope for the Quarterly Enterprise Releases: Lead release governance forums, including kick-off, weekly progress, and Red/Amber meetings, to align stakeholders, manage risks, and track delivery against milestones.
• Release Implementation Planning: Produce a Touchpoint plan for the Release which the ERM team will use to manage the implementation of the Release
• Review and Improvement: Conduct a Post Implementation Review, both internally with the team, and externally with all impacted stakeholders, to review what opportunities there are for improvement to the Release Management process.
• Drive High Performance: Work collaboratively with Partners and Applications teams to foster a culture of learning with a relentless focus on continuous improvement
  
  

What do I need?
To be successful for this position you should have proven experience in Release Management in software development lifecycle and be an exceptional at stakeholder engagement. You will have a strong ability to manage and coordinate multiple tasks concurrently and be a team player.
Other highly advantageous skills include:

• Experience with ServiceNow Change Management process
• Working knowledge of Solution Engineering Life Cycle (SELC)
• Working knowledge of Agile Execution Framework (AEF)

Why join us?
We’re obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.

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